Rotary wardrobe



Aug 3, 1943 w. v. PITTMAN 2,326,064

ROTARY WARDROBE Filed Ap1-11 1e, 1941 2 shets-sneet 1 ald Iiiv 27 Aug- 3, 194? w. v. PITTMAN 2,326,064

ROTARY WARDROBE Filed April 16, 1941 2- SheetsvSheet 2 f v Ffa Patented Aug. 3, 1943 j A UNITED -sl'rrrlas PAT-.ENT OFFICE Y 'i `l 4,2,3.26,0 n` f' ROTARY WAnDRo-E Waiter v.grittman,-Riversifie, Calif.`

Application Aprilia, 1941, serial No. assisi 2` Claims.

`provide a rotary wardrobe which is adapted for o installation in clothes closets in residences and hotels generally.

(creia-fisc) It is another object of theinvention to provide i suc-h a rotary wardrobe which'gwill have a vrelatively-f large capacity for suits vand clothes and hats and' shoes and in wh-ich the storage of none of these items will interfere with the storageof the others, and in which the selection from storage of any given item of any particular kind maybe other kinds of items stored in the wardrobe-` Because of the lack `of a place to assemble'these clothes, they are frequently laid vout on aj bed i where they collect lint-making itnecessary to rebrush them before putting `them on.v

It' is an object of my invention to provide a 'rotary wardrobeV having means for assembling clothes selected for dressing-.in such a manner as to keep these free from lint and available in one place.

i Another object is to provide a rotaryy shoe cabinet which may be portably mountedand thus rendered available for useanywhere separate from the rest of the inventior'r.` f

The manner of accomplishing the foregoing objects, as well as further objects and advantages,v will be made manifest in theifollowing description taken in connec-tionwith theaccompanying drawings, in which:

` effected without substantially disturbing the on the une 5 5 of Fig'. sans umstraungthe mounting of theextensible clothes assembly rod onthe vertical shaft of the invention-` Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the rotary shoe cabinet of my invention, portably mounted.' Reierring'specically to the drawings, the preferredembodiment of the invention there illustrated'comprises a rotary wardrobe IQ, thisjncluding a vertical shaft l l,.whicl1 is preferablyof tubular, c ons.truoti n,asr shown in Flg.`5, and eX- tends fromthe oor l2 of a .closet f3 to the oeil.- ing ifi of' the latter.

o Y The upper and lower ends of the shaft' Hare secured-to the iioor I2 and "ceiling i4 respectively as by receptacles I5 and l5.

lftotatably mounted on the shaft Il is a rotary shoe cabinetZLua 'rotary annular clothes guard 21,'a rotary annular clothes rack" 22, and a rotary Fig; V1 its a vertical sectional view through "a" z oioset in which a preferred embodiment ofthe rotary wardrobe of my invention is shown aswhen installed and in use;

Fig. 2` isl an enlarged detail fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 2-1-2 of Fig. lfand illustrating the iioor mounting of the vertical shaft of the invention and the rotary mounting on `sai-'d shaft ofthe lower end of the' rotary shoe cabinet thereof.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal detail sectional'view taken on the line 3-3 of Figul vvitlfrportinfisl of the rotary hat shelf and thefrotary clothes guard of the invention broken away to illustrate the structure ofthe invention disposed therebeneath.

Fig. 4' is an enlarged detailed vertical sectional viewz taken o-n the line lle-lof Fig. l'and illustrating the upper bearing'oi` a shoe cabinet of the invention and the rotary mounting-of the annular clothes guarden the vertical shaft orf the invention.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken y annular hat shelf 423.

' `The 'rotaryjshoe cabinet 20 may madeof metal, wocd,or any suitable material to provide a series of tiers of outwardly disposed pocketsz'li,

each of which isadapted to receive a pair of "shoes as clearly shown in Figs, `1 and 3. In" the being provided With bearings 2S and 29 respectively which surround and lprovide a rotatable mounting on the shaft Il for the rotary shoe 'cabinet 2li. The upper and lower walls of the cabinet are connected as by vertical wallsl, the

space between these latter wallsbeing'divided to 'form the pockets 25 by pocket bottom walls 3l.

rI'he lower bearing 2i! of the rotary shoecabinet Zrests on the receptacle l5 so vthatthisv cabinet may be easily rotated manually on the shaftwll when it is desired to turn any particular p'airof shoes in this cabinet toward Vthe doorway 35 of thecl'oset I3.

The rotary annular clothes guard 2l consists Of disc 35i having a central hub 31 which surrounds and effects, a `rotary mounting of the guard 2l on the shaft Il. Secured to andl surrounding the disc 35 is a hollow annular ring 38, the diameterof which is slightly in excess of the diameter of the shoe cabinet 20.

The bearing 3l rests uponthe top of the upper bearing ZB of the rotaryshoe cabinetl 20 so that this cabinet -can be freely rotated relative to the guardlZl when the latter is held against rotation. Likewise, when the cabinet 23 is stationary the guard 2| may be freely rotated relative to the cabinet as ,they are both freely rotatable on the vertical shaft I l.

The rotary clothes rack 22 comprises 'a wheel with a hub. lil Awhich is rotatable on the shaft H and restsona fixed collar fil. Extending outiwardlyfrom the hub QG are spokes 62, the latter connecting at their ends with a ring $3 which is of a size suitable for receiving the hooks 44 of 2 i y i Y 2,326,064

coat hangers 45. The diameter of the ring 43 is preferably greater than the diameter of the shoe cabinet 2G and the rack 22 is spaced upwardly abo-ve the clothes guard 2l such a distance that coats, such as the coat 45 draped on the hanger t5, will be disposed entirely above this clothes guard. Y The rotary hat shelf 23 includes a bearing 5i] which surrounds and provides a rotary mounting on the shaft Il for the hat shelf. outwardly from the bearing 553 is a suitable circular shelf 5l having an annular upturned outer rim 52. The bearing 53 rests upon and is supported by a collar 53 which is xed upon the shaft Il. y j j Embodied with the shaft l l between the rotary hat shelf 23 and the rotary clothes rack 22 is anv extensible clothes assembly hanger 54.. This hanger includes a tube 58 which extends through and is Welded in place inthe tubular shaftk Il as shown in Fig. 5.' The rear end ofi the Ytube 58 isr'clo-sed by a plug 5d, while its front end receives a sleeve plug 55 which retains an extensible -rod 6l slidably disposed inside the tube 53. The

k'rod has bearing collars 62 and S3 which keep this ro-d in alignment .with the tube 58;'the collarv 63 engaging thesleeve plug 5l)V and thus limiting the distance which the rod 6l may be pulledfrom this Y tube. The rod 6| is provided with a head G5 hav- Aing abail 65 by which this rod may be pulled outwardlyV from Aits retracted vposition in the tube 58. l j

From the foregoing description, it will be seen that I'have provided a rotary wardrobe giving an unusually high capacity for the storage of clothes and permitting Vthe selection withv relative ease of garments from among those stored. Thus,

ExtendingY when selecting a pair of shoes to wear, entry is made to the closet through the doorway 85 and the rotary shoe cabinet 2E) rotated until the dcfsired pair of shoes faces tcward'the door 35,

whereupon thisV pair of shoes is lifted'from the pocket 25 in which it rests and removed from the f i closet..

` It is contempiatedthat a large number of suits hung onclothes hangers [i5 as illustrated in Fig. l are hung from the rotary cloths rack 22. Those v Vportions of lany clothes hung this rack which tend to hang inwardly extendv below the annular clothesfguard 2l, are prevented by this guard from contacting the rotary shoe cabinet 2E,

therebyV permitting this cabinet to be rotated withoutV engaging these' clothes. lwhen it is desired to make a selection from among the clothes hanging on the rack the latter is rotated and when thistalzes place any rubbing of lower portions of clothesrhanging onthisrack against the shoe cabinet 25 is prevented by ensagement of these clothes with. the annular clothes guard 2l.. If any considerable number of clothes contact the guard '2i there is sufdcient that rotation of the rotary" clothes rack 22 causes theV guard Zito rotate with the clothes engaging this. There is thus no rubbing between any of these clothes and any'portion of the apparatus engagingthe' same when the rack 22 is rotated.

accessible and suspends them where they will not collect lint as Whenlaid on the bed in accordance In like manner,

Y clothes rack ring, said cabinet being free to.ro-

'friction between this guard and these clothes so rod 6l thereof is returned into its retracted po-` sition in the tube 58. The entire extensible clothes assembly rack 55. is now seen to be approximately of the same` length as the diameter of the rotary clothes rack 22. The Arotary hat shelf 23 is rotatable for the purpose of selecting a hat therefrom or finding an empty space in which to store a hat.

In Fig. 6 I have illustrated a modified form of the rotary shoe cabinet of my invention. Here We see a cabinet structure 'l5 which is preferably the same as that of cabinet 2) but which is rotatably mounted on a shaft 'FI provided on a portable stand T2 to form a portable rotary shoe .cabinet 13. Suitable means (not shown) is provided fo-r retaining atherotary structure 10 on the shaft 'H so that the entire cabinet f3 may be picked upA and transferred from placeto place k by taking hold of the upper portion of thatstruc- Voperationof the preferredand modined embodiT ments of myinventiomit is, seen that in these I haveachieved the .objects aforestated; provided ample storagecapacity for clothes with amaximum of Aeasein selecting and lassembling a changeof clothes forconvenience in dressing; and have provided a novel portable rotaryshoe cabinet capable of separate use anywhere.

WhatIclaimis: -Y .r 1. In a rotary wardrobe, the ycombination of: a vertical shaft; a shoe cabinet symmetrically disposed about said .shaft and rotatably mounted upon the lower end thereof ;Y a clothes raclgfincluding an annular ring, the diameter of which Vis in excess of that of said shoe cabinet, said rack vbeing concentric withrsaid shaft and rotatably mounted thereon` atsuch a distance'above the upper end of said shoe cabinet as to permit coats draped' on coat hangers and hung upon said ring to be disposed entirelyabove the upper end of said sho-e cabinet; and an annular clothes guard disposed about said shaft above said ,shoe cabinet, said guard being of greater diameter than saidv cabinet but of less diameter than said tate on said shaft relative tosaid guard,

2. In a rotary wardrobe, the combination of a vertical shaft; a shoe cabinet symmetrically -disposed about said shaft and rotatably mountved'upon the lower end thereof; a clothes rack including an annular ring, the diameter of which 1s in excess of that of said shoecabinet, said rack being concentric with said shaft androtatably mounted thereon at such a distanceabove the upper end of said shoe cabinet as vto permit` coats draped on coat hangers and hung upon said ring to be disposed entirely above the upper end of said shoe cabinet; and an annular guard rotatably mounted on said shaft at the upper end of said cabinet, said guard being of a diameter in excess of that of said cabinet and. less than thatvof said clothes rack ring. 

